Dorset Birds: Sunday 16th June 2024

Cuckoo - 1 heard in Wareham Forest
Red-throated Diver - 1 Shell Bay
Manx Shearwater - 1 lingering off the Long Groyne at Hengistbury Head
Great White Egret - 2 Lytchett Bay
Hobby - 1 Arne RSPB
Wheatear - 1 male on Shell Bay beach

Manx Shearwater, Hengistbury Head © Scott Usher

RARE BREEDING BIRDS

Dorset Bird Club and the Rare Breeding Birds Panel advocate special caution when reporting rare breeding birds as they are vulnerable to persecution and disturbance.

Please consider the birds welfare and do not share details of any rare breeding species on X/Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp groups, personal websites, blogs, or local birdwatching message boards.

We urge all finders of rare birds to consider whether they may be breeding before sharing the news.

Sightings should always be submitted, in confidence, to the county recorder to contribute to long-term national monitoring.